Children and Basic Human Rights
Welcome to Momthought. I’m Joan Romero at Momthought.com. Thanks for joining me today. Today I want to talk about children and basic human rights.
Children are often denied basic human rights. When was the last time you give a child, the right to remain silent or the right to free speech? How about the right to security - the right to not be afraid that they will be hurt (this would include spankings and other such threats)? How often do children get the right to vote and get the ability to have some says in the rules that will affect them? What about the right to think freely? How often do adults intrude, on the private thoughts of children? How often do we tell children how they should or should not be feeling?
These are all signs that adults, or parents, are trying to mold and shape children. But they are not clay to be molded they are not puppets. They are individuals, and at the very least, they are human beings that deserve the same rights and respect as any other human being.
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Thank you.
Joan Romero
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